Daily Republican., 1887-10-17
Sermon on Fools

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Boothe preach on Fools. The u mister
stated that 1t was always hard to get
the kind of an audience you desired,
for instance hs had announced that he
would preach on fools and the papers
said tall were iRvited," but one look at
his audience told him they were not
fools. therefore his sermon would proba
bly, be thrown away.
Mr.. Boothe took as his text Proverbs
26, IL; and Proverbs l3, 20. "Ahe way
OF a fool 10 right In his own eyes," and
1.-THE cempanion Of fools shall be de-
stroyed."
Toe drst kind of fool to keep away
from was the mis.nthrops It was
against human nature, the speaker
that great creation of Shakespeare y, II
Shakespeare wrote it, for Mr.. Donnelly
was going to prove that Bacon wrote IL,
was unpopular and never played be-
cause the hero of the play hated men
The young man or young woman wak
foolish who fol owed the instincts OF
their nature. He did not believe In
making young folks walk Q chalk line
% ministers are supposed, but belle we'd
In them having company and plenty of
1t. but Of the right kind. Should also
keep good hours. for part of the night
ct least should be spent in bed.
Persons should be carefu about what
kind Of company they keep 1t might
exert good or bad influence. Dyna.
mite could be used for good or bad
purpose. As bad purpose to blow up
Chicago policeman, even though he
might have been o bad policeman; for
. good purpose In blasting rocks. How
Roger A. Prior, or any other Prior, or
any one else could make any excuse fos
the men who did the former the speaker
could not see. II any men deserved to
be hung ~ high ~ Haman, these An
archtsts do. No person can talk to an.
other one under an arch way during .
shower, NO matter of what character
the person may be, says Burke, without
receiviug from him an impression thst
he will carry with him through life and
perhaps through eternity. One Of the
greatest laws Of nature is the law of re-
ciprooal character and repulsion.
Any one who trusts 10 the Instincts
OF his own nature is fool. Many .
youth who follows 1t has become ruined
morally, mentally and ply sically be
fore he reached the age of 10, and many
. girl, for the same reason, has gone to
her grave broken In heart and ruined
in womAnhood. Be careful of the com
pany you keep. Women, the speaker
said, are generally quiet about that.
There was not person In the audience
who could say that they had not re-
ceived Impressions from companions
they had been with which they would
rather 4 OF have received. The speaker
did not mean by company, he said, the
young man who came oliag around
and finally the affair ended mp before
minister. II he was o good, worthy
young man encourage him, and IL he
did not aek the qnestio1 soon enough
give him little hints.
Bad sons and daughters should be
kept aloof. Young men and young
women who had no respe ct for their
parents we're not fit com panions for any
one. The young man, Mr.. Boothe said
OF his heart threw his arms around his
mother and kissed her, was In his opin-
ion = at companion for the angels.
Another kind of foci wRs the cyuic.
Tha Greek word for c,u'a originally
meant dog. These cynics doubt the
motives which prompt every one to do
good. If some one gives money for
noble object they Immediately say he Is
. hypocrite and doing it for an advsr
tieemsnt. They doubt even the good
acss of the angels.
Another and one Of the worst kind of
fools is the skeptio. The speaker asked
II Asy OF his congregation had ever
knowa youas men conKregate and dis.
cuss . sermon. Some one would say
that 1t was oil very good for those who
believed such things, but he did not;
christianity WAS . mere exploded th.
Women had q loving nature and they
wanted ssnethins 70 love, and Christ
was very good thing for them to love,
but men know better. Socrates, Plato,
Buddab, Oonfucius and Jesus Christ
were all great men, but one Was as great
rs the other. The man who says 30 is q
fool.
There wero some honest skept.cs,
however, and for these the speaker has
the greatest respect. The person who
honestly doubts be was willing TO tax
TO on the subject for hours.
The worst sort Of fool is the libertine.
One immoral young man lie enough to
crush out the morality OF q whole COM
munisy of young men. His breath is
poison; his look, his walk are all poi.
son. The speaker said he believed shat
the man who lacks respect for q v oman
because she is y woman, no matter how
dt based she may be, has not yet the
right kind of conception Of bis mother,
his sister, or may be his wife.
The speaker had intend Q to speak on
gambling, but that had all been broken
up. OF course they did not gamble In
club rooms. The gambler ia Q leeoh on
society and he earnestly hoped and
prayed that no young man In his con-
gregation would ever ccme to gam.
bler's grave.
A companion of q drinking man
would bs destroyed. or course you
could get no hing to drink On Sunday,
the front doors were all fastened. The
speaker lived, he said, near the
Academy. He had never yet been in
there. He had observed some Of his
congregation 60 there. They had looked
sidewise 1t hin. OF course they were
not ashamed Of him. He certainly was
not Of them. He would say nothing Of
the Academy, because some of the
actors might be there and reply to
him and he would soon be "Hors de
combat" He said nothing against the
theatre, but some of the boys from 8 to
l8 Years were contracting spendthrift
habits by patronizing 1t so much. Then
again young men came out Of there be- |
tween the acts and went to saloons
They drank behind screens. for some.
how these temperance "oranks" had
made them think that 1t was wrong to
drink liquors. he hoped that they
would not be foolish enoufh b to contract
intemperate habits or be "A associate
with enc who did.
Previous to his sermon, MT. Boothe
stated that rs he had leen asked so
many times to repeat his sermon. "Will
the Republic Last Another CsnturyH"
that he had almost resolved TO do so.
He gave notice, however, that he would